On July 9, 1962 occurred in the largest nuclear explosion that humanity has ever performed in space. In fact, Americans are in the vicinity of Earth detonated a thermonuclear bomb forces even 1.4 megatons Read the rest of this entry »

The Bren Carrier

Prior to November 1937, British Vickers-Armstrongs had produced a prototype carrier named the Bren No1 Mk I which had been based on the Armoured Machine Gun Carrier. It had a mild steel hull and was probably a prototype model as no records seem to exist showing production numbers. Read the rest of this entry »

When the US Army Quartermaster Corps began developing its so-called ‘Standard Fleet’ around 1928, the 60 or so vehicles included were broken into five groups numbered I to 5, each roughly corresponding to a weight class. Read the rest of this entry »

The term ARV armoured recovery vehicle had not then been adopted but in any case, when the recovery vehicle was just another fighting tank temporarily adapted for the role, it was hardly necessary. Read the rest of this entry »